noun · a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic studymicroscope slide
noun · (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale“the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides”
noun · plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slideplayground slidesliding board
noun · the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it“his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill”
noun · a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projectorlantern slide
noun · sloping channel through which things can descendchuteslidewaysloping trough verb · move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner“the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”
verb · to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly“They slid through the wicket in the big gate”